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Proceedings of the Geological Society of Glasgow PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW TH 150 ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION Local geological heroes and characters: a selection Session 150 2007 – 08 1 Local geological heroes and characters: a selection Saturday 23rd February 2008 CONTENTS Introduction. Dr Alan Owen 2 List of Presidents of the Geological Society of Glasgow. 4 E. B. Bailey – the complete field geologist. Professor Howel Francis 5 E. B. Bailey in the Grampian Highlands: cauldron subsidence, nappes and slides. Dr David Stephenson 7 E. B. Bailey and the Palaeogene Staffa Group of SW Mull: Lava trees and daisy wheels. Dr Brian Bell 9 E. B. Bailey and his work at Ballantrae. Professor Brian Bluck 13 J. W. Gregory explorer and polymathic geologist: his influence in Glasgow and the British rejection of continental drift. Professor Bernard Leake 16 Aspects of the ‘geographical’ work of J. W. Gregory. Professor Paul Bishop 22 T. N. George and his contribution to the understanding of the Upper Palaeozoic rocks of the British Isles. Professor Brian Bluck 25 G. W. Tyrrell: an underrated geologist. Professor Brian Bluck 28 Working with fossils at the Hunterian Museum – a glimpse at the lives of John Young, John Young and Ethel Currie. Dr Neil Clark 31 Archie Lamont (1907 – 1985), geologist and poet. Professor Euan Clarkson 35 Civic Reception Thursday 26th June 2008 39 2 Local geological heroes and characters: a selection Introduction Dr Alan Owen Department of Geographical & Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Gregory Building, Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ. This special issue of the Proceedings of the Geological Society of Glasgow largely comprises a set of extended abstracts arising from a one-day symposium held on 23 February 2008 as part of the celebrations of the Society’s 150th Anniversary. The abstracts have been augmented by photographs of the ‘heroes and characters’, mostly from the Society’s archive held at Glasgow University Library. The meeting was hosted by Glasgow University’s Department of Adult and Continuing Education (DACE). This was highly appropriate as DACE, along with the Glasgow Geological Society, has a long and proud tradition of making geology accessible to the wider public. The origins of the Society lie firmly in the movement for adult education during the early 19th Century expansion of Glasgow as a centre of industry and commerce (Macnair & Mort 1908, Macgregor 1958). They reflect the widespread urge for self-improvement and the desire to contribute to the understanding of how the world works. Throughout the past 150 years, the Society has played a significant role in communicating our rapidly changing subject both to the scientific community and to the interested general public through scientific publications, lectures and field excursions. The half-century since the 100th Anniversary have seen the production of several field guides, the establishment of the Scottish Journal of Geology published jointly with our sister society in Edinburgh and, latterly, the development of the RIGS [Regionally Important Geological (and Geomorphological) Sites] movement to which the Society is making an increasingly significant contribution. The idea for the 150th Anniversary symposium was prompted by a suggestion from the Geological Society of London that we consider holding a meeting to honour Sir Edward Bailey as part of the Local Heroes programme celebrating their 200th Anniversary in 2007. Circumstances meant that we were too late to join that series of events, but our symposium did indeed celebrate Sir Edward and was broadened to include an eclectic array of other geological ‘heroes and characters’ associated with Glasgow. Inevitably, this group of geologists, whose lives and works were scrutinised at the meeting and are described herein, are but a selection of the countless individuals, professional and amateur, who could have been discussed at the symposium. The list of those who have had the privilege of being President of the Society (Table 1) is replete with individuals whose outstanding research, inspiration of subsequent generations or downright eccentricity make them more than worthy of celebration by the Society. These include the earliest presidents who epitomise the Victorian thirst for knowledge of the world about them, unconstrained by whatever formal qualifications a person may have or profession or trade they might follow. Although an almost unbroken succession of professional geologists has followed them in the role of president, even in recent times, the late Alex Herriot has demonstrated that an ‘amateur’ can still make a very significant contribution to the science. The roll call of presidents not included in our symposium includes stalwarts of the Geological Survey such as Sir Archibald Geikie, Ben Peach and J. E. Richey and a succession of distinguished academics. These include Charles Lapworth, whose work on graptolite 3 biostratigraphy is still revered internationally, Arthur Trueman, pioneer of the use of numerical methods in palaeontology and Lord Kelvin who was President for 21 years and whose life was widely celebrated in 2007, the centenary of his death. The list of presidents is only the tip of the iceberg of Glasgow geologists whose scientific contributions and/or eccentricities are still the stuff of legend and reminiscence. There is therefore plenty of scope for future symposia. The heroes and characters discussed at the symposium clearly demonstrate that science advances by a multitude of routes ranging from straightforward hard work to serendipitous discovery or the flash of inspiration. The indirect role played by those who awaken and nurture an interest in geology in others who then go on to make a contribution to the subject should also be acknowledged. As in any other walk of life, geologists encompass a wide range of personalities from the self-effacing to the incorrigible self-publicist, the meticulous worker to the theorist ready to dash off another article at the drop of an observation. Either way, science advances as does the technology used to undertake scientific research, and even work by some of the ‘greats’ of their day may no longer bear detailed scrutiny. Moreover, it must always be borne in mind that scientists are very much people of their time in terms of the way in which they see the world. Only one ‘heroine’ was celebrated at the meeting, Ethel Currie, who, as well as her contributions to the Hunterian Museum, was also the first of only three female presidents of the Society in its 150-year history. The celebrations of the Society’s 200th anniversary will surely note a significant increase in this number. Between now and then the science will doubtless continue to grow as will the list of heroes and characters worthy of future celebration. Acknowledgements I am very grateful to Mike Keen, former President of the Society, and Helen McWhirr of DACE for their help in organising the symposium, Alec McKinnon who opened the meeting with a welcome on behalf of DACE, members of Society and the DACE staff for their assistance on the day and Maggie Donnelly for her editing of the final version of these Proceedings. References MACGREGOR, M. 1958. The Geological Society of Glasgow: 1858 – 1958. Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow, 23, 134 – 152. MACNAIR, P. & MORT, F. (eds). 1908. History of the Geological Society of Glasgow, 1858 – 1908 with biographical notices of prominent members. Geological Society of Glasgow, Glasgow. 4 Table 1. List of Presidents of the Geological Society of Glasgow. Date of Election Session President 1858 1 James P. Fraser FRSE 1860 3 John Scouler MD, LLD 1864 7 James Smith FRS, FGS 1867 10 Professor John Young MD 1872 15 Sir William Thomson FRS [Lord Kelvin] 1893 36 Sir Archibald Geikie FRS 1899 42 Professor Charles Lapworth FRS 1902 45 Ramsay H. Traquair LLD, FRS 1905 48 Benjamin N. Peach LLD, FRS 1908 51 Professor John Walter Gregory DSc, FRS 1911 54 John Horne LLD, FRS 1914 57 Professor John Walter Gregory DSc, FRS 1917 60 Robert Kidston LLD, FRS 1920 63 Professor Peter Macnair FRSE 1923 66 George Walter Tyrrell ARCSc, PhD 1926 69 Murray Macgregor DSc, FRSE 1929 72 James Ernest Richey MC, ScD, FRS, FRSE 1932 75 Sir Edward Battersby Bailey MC, DSc, LLD, FRS, FRSE 1935 78 James L.Begg FRSE 1938 81 Professor Arthur E. Trueman DSc 1941 84 John Weir DSc, FRSE 1944 87 Benjamin H. Barrett MA, BSc 1947 90 John Graham Comrie Anderson MA, DSc, FRS, FRSE 1949 92 Professor T. Neville George DSc, FRS, FRSE 1952 95 Ethel D. Currie DSc, FRSE, FGS, FMA 1955 98 Professor T. Neville George DSc, FRS, FRSE 1958 101 William R. Flett BSc, FRSE 1961 104 James Phemister MA, DSc, FRSE, FMSA 1964 107 Edward M. Patterson PhD 1967 110 Adam C. McLean PhD 1970 113 Doug Weedon PhD 1973 116 W.D. Ian Rolfe PhD, FRSE 1976 119 Alex Herriot MICE, MCIWM 1979 122 James G. MacDonald PhD, MBE 1982 125 W. Edward Tremlett PhD 1985 128 Judith Lawson PhD 1988 131 Michael C. Keen PhD 1991 134 Allan J. Hall PhD 1994 137 James G. MacDonald PhD, MBE 1997 140 Janey E. MacDougall BSc 2000 143 Colin J.R. Braithwaite PhD 2003 146 Christopher J. Burton PhD 2006 149 Alan W. Owen PhD 5 Extended abstracts in the order as presented at the symposium. E. B. Bailey – the complete field geologist Professor Howel Francis Porthcawl, Bridgend; formerly British Geological Survey & University of Leeds. Except for eight years in Glasgow and three during World War I, Bailey was an officer in the Geological Survey, for most of that time in Scotland. In 1901 Geikie retired as Director of the Survey and John Horne became Assistant Director, Scotland. Horne had been frustrated by Geikie’s restriction on publishing and he swore that “if ever power came into his hands he would treat others as he himself had longed to be treated……and he kept his promise” (Bailey 1952), so for the first nine years from Bailey joining in 1902 he worked in the Lowlands and the Highlands on official business, mapping everything from the Precambrian to Quaternary, and while he contributed to the Carboniferous he would have been excused if he thought of it as less profound than his Highland work.
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